Heliodoxa

<i>Heliodoxa</i>

Heliodoxa

Genus of birds

Heliodoxa is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.

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Taxonomy

The genus Heliodoxa was introduced in 1850 by the English ornithologist John Gould.[1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hēlios meaning "sun" and doxa meaning "glory" or "magnificence".[2] The type species was subsequently designated by Charles Lucien Bonaparte as the violet-fronted brilliant.[3][4]

The genus contains ten species:[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Gould, John (1849). "Description of two new species with the characters of a new genus of the Trochilidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 17 (195): 95–96. Although the title page is dated 1849, the article was not published until 1850.
  2. [2]
    Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. [3]
    Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). "Note sur les Trochilidés". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 30: 379–383 [380].
  4. [4]
    Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 87.
  5. [5]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.


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